skirt

Dateca. 1840

Terms

Skirts
Lace
Silk Fiber

Dimensions86.36 × 110.49 cm (34 × 43 1/2 in.)

Credit LineGift of Arthur Griffin

Object number2005.14B

DescriptionSkirt for ballgown (2005.14a,b). Ivory silk & lace over heavy cotton lining. Lace covered silk skirt with silk waistband. Long pendant silk ribbons at back of sirt, 3 ¾” wide, ending in heavy silk rosettes with another at waist. Bottom is lined with heavier fabric (buckram?) and pleated edging. Modified bustle formed with string on inside of skirt. Waist: 28”, overall 41” x 42”. Undamaged. Some soiling at bottom of hem.

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